Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-07-31

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Hhammarkahas fast that many Of
car uoss fansas hoKnes weee net egpFe-
oiahsd e axni, says the hsv Vera
6rorfsunan, 6one 81 then, IN facls Were
discovered by aesidenf. FluEs Iemple
wRa a 90 ffsala aocozn4 kha1 50 vas
sid when q f0uE-yeax-old for elA and
Prinsssa, tie dan Of HaUpy MeciuD,
hrouRhs her breeder aboui 80 When 81.
Gal81mifh MxEd. when In tAe hsiRnt o.
e. fama. was bought IN 81 bogus sale
Where Sc was noa knoWn for le91 thAn
4 hundred. The dana Of Ethan Alien
VS. sald when ten for So and amer
she had Faissd feur Colts for her owner
be gave her away, alahoaRh she vas -
thas einsa e. slsek aa Q Eois and jas.
Ike { coli. Many Of the foundera Of
famous families esma feom very
hamb7s quarters. Ths nrsf tnsf
vas known Of Godolphin Arabian be
vas drawing Q cart IN the streete Of
Paris. s.. Clair Jared no bsttef. Old
Columbua vas worked In q brickyard,
and ths great horsa Andrew Jackson
vas foaled In one. Giford Morgan Vas
drawing slabs from q szwmill IN one Of
| ne towns that bcEdeI on Lake George,
when r. g.. WeiE purchased him for
300. The sire Of Barnes wAs worked
/ q butcher cart, and Il = clained that
The dam Of Vermont Black Hawk dres
4 butcher cart 81 Conoord. Nsw Hamp-
shire. Il IL q singular fact that many
| famous horses, and the dams Of several
that became pTomtnent. we're used n
peddleK wagons. Tbs 6rst authsntic
notioe Of old Pilot vas IN New Orleans,
Louisiana. He vas then owned by q
Yankee peddleF. Tbs dam Of Lady
0riswold uas used By 9 pill peddier.
FLYING MOgRan's dam was used TO ped
dle Woodenware, and Is has been
claimed that the dam Of Ethan Allen
performed the same mental service. IL
. also claimed that the dam Of Tag
CARTS Abdallah drew the wagon OF 3
tin peddleK. Is 10 a very easy task TO
account foe the MoFgans being put 70
this kind Of work. They were all hardy
horses, easily kept, strong and speedy.
Nd road vas too long or too bad for
them, and no reasonable load too
h.ayy. A baby Morgan d an unknovn
quantity.
Oval raes tracks, Is they nov exist,
ought 70 bsoone relics Of the past.
They make failures Of the great races
in which fifteen and twenty horses start.
In nine Gases Out OF tan only the six OF
seven in front ever have chance. A
good horse In the rear seldom gets 9
chance to 20 through the flying squad
In front, and in consequence has 10 racs
along waiting for an opening that ReysE
comes, or else take big chances by RoinR
on the outside OF The track 10 generally
futile attempts TO gst TO the front. Ia
doing this, the horse has to covsT much
more ground than his competitors on
the inside next TO the rails, and the
effort usually costs him the race vhen it
comes to q speedy brush st the flush.
What is equally 10 the point 10 the
fact that horses compelled to ron
around on the extreme outside have the
strain on their insi 10 leS, and the
result 10 that they often break down or
90 lame, and are laid up 70: the season.
Il 10 the oval track that 50 frequently
oauses amazing changes IN the public
form Of horses. The Faca goers see
horse start favoFite and witness hi8
defeat By animals supposed to be Of in
ferior mstit. The favorits Is bsaten in
the majority Of cases becauss hs Is shut
out at toe turns and LOSES peFhaps sew
eraI lengths. Then when this same
horse comes out In day or two to race
again the public rem mbers be was
bsate., and iDstals another brute IS IA
v0rite. The dsfested borss OF the day
before gets away veil. is 10 a good 20
sitioa during the RAGS, ard in tAe vide
bOme stretch, With nothing to interfere
With him, strides along as his best. and
wins in fast tfme. Then trrfgoers won
der how be was beaten the day be-
fose. Big fields Of horses on rival
tracks are largely the csuse Of
the peculiar 10 ard cut running Of the
thoFoughbgeds. o. course. do not ad-
voeate perfectly straight track In all
racee run. bat like that inhaeniial
weekly, the SPIRIT Of the Times. suggest
that all new tracks be made to conform
a. much as possible to safety, speed aud
equal chances for the horses. Toe Spirit
suggests that the last half mil, Of
all events, be straight, and. censfd-
erinR the style In which we Iun races
10 this country, perhaps ths half mile
will do for all Iaoss over three quarters
Of mile. In races Of the last named
distance aud those that are shorter still,
she track ought TO be straight all the
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